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Telefónica today begins marketing Movistar Car, the service that connects the car to make it safer and smarter and that is available to all mobile phone users, regardless of whether or not they are Movistar customers. It works easily thanks to an easy-to-install device and an app to manage the service from the mobile phone.

Telefónica and BBVA hosted a two-day event with 18 top innovative small firms as part of the on-going initiative by the EIC to support the success of innovation in Europe. The top-class innovators taking part in the event represented a wide variety of backgrounds from across 13 countries, ranging from security and enterprise business growth to educational technology and the Internet of Things. All the participants were selected by experts of Telefonica and BBVA from among more than 4,500 companies who received funding through the EIC-SME Instrument”.

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Ludus has won the IMQ Challenge, the first challenge launched by this business group through Bizkaia Open Future, an initiative from the Biscayan Provincial Council and Telefónica to boost the digital transformation of the companies in the province.

Telefónica leads, for the first time, the telecommunications industry of the 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index, which assesses transparency and commitment of technology and communication companies regarding privacy and freedom of expression. With 57 points, the company ranks first among the 12 companies assessed and is the entity that has improved the most in the last two years, rising 24 points.

• The alliance, whose first phase will be in effect until the end of 2020, revolves around four initial lines of action: digital entrepreneurship; application of new technologies in the tourism sector; Digital Education and training; and the development of a specific Digital Agenda for the tourism industry.

The transaction perimeter covers 11 Data Centers with an installed service capacity of 29 MW located in 7 countries: Argentina (2), Brazil (2), Chile (1), Spain (2), Mexico (1), Peru (2) and United States (1).
The sale includes the signing of a long-term housing services agreement to the Telefónica Group, which will enable the company to maintain its commercial offer and leadership in connectivity and cloud services intact.